Daniel Kehlmann (b. 1975) is a German author and playwright. He has both German and Austrian citizenship. His novel Die Vermessung der Welt (in English Measuring of the World) from 2005 is the best-selling German-language novel since Patrick Süskinds Das Parfum (1985) and according to the New York Times the novel was internationally the second best-selling book in 2006. Daniel Kehlmann has written several other books and plays including Das Mentor (The Mentor, 2012) and furthermore works as a reviewer and essayist for various German newspapers.
Daniel Kehlmann
